Bible Dictionary: Mourning: Ashes Put on the Head

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Ezekiel 27:30
And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
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Beauty for Ashes
... tiara for the brow of the mourner; the Lord promises to put all these ashes away,
and to ... take the inner sense, we may look at it thus:"mourning makes the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/beauty for ashes.htm

Queen Esther's Love for Her People
... he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and put ashes on his head, and went out ...
wherever the king's command went, there was great mourning, fasting, weeping ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/queen esthers love for her.htm

The Joy-Bringer
... for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment ... by giving to the man with ashes
on his ... losses; fulfilled expectations" disappointed hopes, Put them all ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the joy-bringer.htm

The Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Discourse Suggested Thereby.
... Others say that John came mourning and Jesus came piping, and that the Jews were
satisfied with neither. ... Ashes were put upon the head and face as ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlv the baptists inquiry and.htm

The Weeping Saviour.
... We put on the sable attire as emblems of mourning; but if we saw it as a weeping
Jesus sees it, there is more real cause for sackcloth and ashes in the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xii the weeping saviour.htm

Daniel's Band
... to find out that they are but dust and ashes in his ... I came to Christ wearing the
weeds of mourning; but, in ... Can you not put the incorruptible crown on your head ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/daniels band.htm

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... of Satan, from the beginning of the world, to put asunder what ... which they were
accustomed to wear; the putting on mourning; the strewing ashes upon their ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 27 upon our lords.htm

Concerning Esther and Mordecai and Haman; and How in the Reign of ...
... was done, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled ashes upon his ...
this decree was published, with lamentation and mourning, on account ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 concerning esther and.htm

The Second Beatitude
... that if millions of the people that complacently put themselves down ... them that mourn
in Zion a diadem for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the second beatitude.htm

Esther, the Queen.
... All through the kingdom there was great mourning among the Jews ... and they fasted and
wept in sack-cloth and ashes. ... one law, and that was that they be put to death ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxxiv esther the queen.htm

Subtopics

Mourning

Mourning for Calamities and Other Sorrows: Ripping the Garments

Mourning for Nadab and Abihu Forbidden

Mourning for the Dead: Cutting the Flesh

Mourning for the Dead: Fasting

Mourning for the Dead: Head Uncovered

Mourning for the Dead: Lamentations

Mourning for the Dead: Lying on the Ground

Mourning for the Dead: Personal Appearance Neglected

Mourning: Abraham Mourned for Sarah

Mourning: Ashes Put on the Head